There has to be another way!

November 5, 2009 By

by Vyckie Throughout my labor with Hazelle ~ yes, that long horrible, absolutely miserable 4th pregnancy and delivery ~ I kept thinking that, while I really did not want to have another c-section delivery, I wasn’t exactly excited about going through labor and delivery either. I would often say to anyone who might be listening [...]

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Vyckie’s Story ~ Part 20: Though He slay me … again

July 24, 2009 By

Could it be twins?!! Ugh ~ yes, this is me near full term with my fourth pregnancy. I gained 75 lbs. and had a bigger belly than septuplet mom, Bobbi McCoughey. Warren’s vasectomy reversal surgery was successful ~ which meant that, at age 29 ~ I had the potential for many more babies in my [...]

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Dear Carri ~ an open letter from one traumatized "mom of many" to another

June 29, 2009 By

by Vyckie I was recently interviewed by a Minnesota news station in relation to the sad case of Carri Chmielewski ~ a “quiverfull” mother whose planned unassisted home birth of baby #9 ended tragically. As one who has been in similar high-risk situations with three of my pregnancies ~ I wrote a piece expressing my [...]

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RE: Carri & Benaiah Chmielewski ~ I am sickened and mortified

June 22, 2009 By

by Vyckie Through the Free Jinger forums, I was recently introduced to a blog by a quiverfull woman named Carrie who holds to a lot of the same lifestyle beliefs which our family subscribed to back in our “quivering days.” I was immediately interested because at the time that I first started reading her blog, [...]

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NLQ FAQ: What is Quiverfull?

June 9, 2009 By 17 Comments

by Vyckie   Q: What is “Quiverfull?” “Quiverfull” is a convenient, though I believe, somewhat unfortunate term which we’re using at No Longer Quivering to describe a family lifestyle which is growing in popularity among evangelical Christians ~ particularly those who home educate their children. Quiverfull ~ is the idea that truly godly families will [...]

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